By Paul Friswold April 23, 2003

There's something about Robert Pollard's voice that conveys sincerity: Maybe it's the jumbled rush of blunt words that come in steady waves; maybe it's the Midwestern accent, sort of flat on the vowels and long on the laughter; maybe it's the way he punctuates every other sentence with a gruff little chuckle, as if he knows you're in on the joke. Whatever it is that adds that heavy undercurrent of credibility to his words, you have to believe him when he says, "They wanna tone down... More >>>